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POLSON – The Polson Pirates basketball team extended its win streak to four games with a 67-37 rout of the Browning Indians, while the Lady Pirates fell 68-38 to the visiting Lady Indians on Saturday. The 30-point blowout win clinched the regular season Northwestern A Conference title for the Pirates (12-6, 8-2 NWA) and a No. 1 seed in the Western A Tournament later this month. In the opening quarter the Pirates’ offense pounced early, racing out to a quick 11-0 lead while the defense held Browning scoreless until the 4:13 mark. With Browning off balance, the Pirates seized the opportunity to take further control of the game by pushing their lead to 25-9 by ...
BILLINGS – Mission Valley area prep wrestlers squared off against top wrestlers from across the state on Saturday during the MHSA all-class state wrestling tournament hosted at the First Interstate Arena in Billings. Ronan wrestlers Ridge Cote and Tirza Two-Teeth were the valley’s top state fi...
Swimming The Polson Pirates swim team took part in the MHSA State AB Swim Meet held in Great Falls this past weekend and the Pirates came away with multiple top five finishes. Gus Hertz was the top finisher for the Pirates with a second-place time of 1:56.24 in the 200 Yard Freestyle, and a third-pla...
Basketball Girls Mission Lady Bulldogs On the road Monday, Jan. 31, Kooper Page scored a game high 27 points to lead the Mission Lady Bulldogs past the hosting Plains Trotters 60-29. Also for the Lady Bulldogs, Izzy Evans scored 10 points. On Thursday, the hosting Florence-Carlton Lady Fa...
FRENCHTOWN — It was a busy weekend for local prep wrestlers as they hit the divisional tournaments mats in hopes of securing bracket spots at next weekend’s state tournament held in Billings. On Saturday, the Ronan Chiefs secured 14 state berths and snagged a third-place finish as a team durin...
RONAN — At the Ronan Event Center on Friday evening, Dani Coffman tallied 13 points for the Ronan Maidens in a 51-30 victory over the visiting Polson Lady Pirates while Jarrett Wilson booked 16 points to lead the Polson Pirates to a 56-47 win over the hosting Ronan Chiefs. The game between cross cou...
RONAN — The Ronan Chiefs and Maidens basketball teams split their double-header against Mission High School in a non-conference cross county showdown Thursday night at the Ronan Event Center. The girls game went to the host Maidens 51-39, while in the boy’s game the Class B Bulldogs slipped pa...
Basketball Boys Mission Bulldogs On Tuesday, Jan. 25, the Mission Bulldogs picked up a 63-54 road win over the Eureka Lions. Zoran LaFrombois led the Bulldogs with a game high 29 points followed by Ross McPherson with 14 points and Cederick McDonald with 12 points. McPherson booked a doub...
CHARLO — In a battle between cross county and 14C conference rivals on Saturday evening, it was a clean sweep for the host school Charlo as the Lady Vikings overwhelmed the Two Eagle River Lady Eagles 59-11 and the Vikings outpaced the Two Eagle River Eagles 76-38. After jumping out to an 18-0 lead ...
Basketball Boys Ronan Chiefs On Friday evening, the Ronan Chiefs fell 59-38 to the hosting Whitefish Bulldogs. Elijah Tonasket posted a Ronan team high 11 points. Payton Cates scored 13 points and Ruben Couture added 11 more points as the Chiefs fell 50-45 to the visiting Browning I...
